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First flight of UNHCR airlift to Timor-Leste scheduled to leave late Friday
2 Jun 2006 The first flight of UNHCR's emergency airlift to Timor-Leste is scheduled to depart Amman, Jordan tonight, loaded with urgently needed shelter supplies and other basic items for tens of thousands of displaced people. An emergency team is deploying to Dili over the weekend to reinforce staff already on the ground. -
UNHCR sending emergency team, supplies to Timor-Leste
31 May 2006 The UN refugee agency is sending an emergency team and urgently needed supplies to Timor-Leste to help tens of thousands of people displaced by the current violence. The initial response will cost around US$3.7 million but more funds may be needed depending on how the situation evolves. -
Timor-Leste's President Xanana Gusmão warmly welcomed at UNHCR
14 Mar 2006 Timor-Leste's President Xanana Gusmão pays an official visit to the UN refugee agency and is warmly welcomed by High Commissioner António Guterres, who had been Portugal's Prime Minister during the turbulent period of East Timor's separation from Indonesia. East Timor had previously been a Portuguese colony. -
Japan donates $3m to UNHCR's peace-building efforts in Liberia
9 Mar 2005 The funds will go towards community empowerment projects, shelter and agricultural interventions, and emergency rehabilitation efforts. These are all part of UNHCR's peace-building project to promote peaceful co-existence in areas of return. -
Japanese actress highlights refugee plight at Kenya camp
25 Jan 2005 Top Japanese actress Rei Kikukawa has appealed for more assistance to the children and refugees of Kenya's Dadaab camp during a recent visit to raise awareness of their plight among the Japanese public. -
Solutions found for East Timor's separated children
14 Dec 2004 After a long search, solutions have been found for nearly 4,500 children separated from their families during the upheaval in East Timor in 1999. Most have either been reunited with their families or will continue to stay with their caregivers in Timor-Leste and Indonesia. The two countries have signed an agreement on how to help the remaining 107 children and on how future cases will be managed. -
Lubbers thanks Japanese premier for supporting world's refugees
18 Jun 2003 Japan's quest to find durable solutions for refugees contributes greatly to the world's peace and security, says UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers, thanking Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for his country's generous support. -
Iraqi nationals in Syria seek temporary protection; Japan donates tents to UNHCR
31 Mar 2003 While there continues to be no substantial refugee movements out of Iraq, Iraqi nationals living in Syria have been approaching UNHCR to ask for temporary protection. Meanwhile, the Japanese government had donated 160 family-sized tents to the UN refugee agency's preparation efforts in Jordan. -
East Timorese refugee saga comes to an end
30 Dec 2002 January 1 marks the formal end of refugee status for East Timorese, who fled to the west of the island in the wake of the pro-independence referendum three and a half years ago.